Towel cabinet



J. H. ADDLER Jan'. s, 1932.

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IN VE NTO R JOSPZL H. (Hddef ATTORNEY Patented Jan. 5, 1932 entren stares PATENT oFFiC-El aosnrza it. nennen, F nn'fo'onnyiv', new Yoan, nssIG'Non fro rULneLnA'N MAUFACJ renin@ eonromirton, Aon' Bement DELAWARE 'town-'1t Casimir Application ld September 23",` 1930'. Serial Nol 483,786.-

drawn outwardly through an opening in the cabinet in suitable predetermined lengths for drying purposes- This type of cabinet is usually provided with aroller mounted therein in position to be engaged and rotated by the towel as the latter is withdrawn from the cabinet, the said` roller being edectivdby the alternate stopping and releasing of the same, to control the feed of the engaged towel from the cabinet.

One means for effecting suchv stopping and releasing of the feed controlling roller, as

disclosed in my pending application,- Serial No. 449,138, comprises a stop member,-an`d a slidably mounted bolt carried-by the roller injar'inanner to beY project-ed at one end from its support during rotation of the roller into positionfor engagement with said stop inem-- ber,tothereby stop rotation of the roller and the consequent feeding or withdrawal of the towel, and the said stop member being operative to thereafter shift the bolt to stop releasing positionfor permitting further rotation of the roller and the consequent further feeding or withdrawall of the towel".

The bolt of my aforesaid application is slidably mounted in a transversely arranged bore or opening in a block iixedly attached to one end of the feed roller for rotation there'- with, whereby said bolt will slide out-wardly from its supporting block under the action of gravity during rotation ofthe roller so as to project oneV end thereof into position for stopping engagement with the stop device. It sometimes happenshowever that the bolt becomes stuck in its bore' and fai/ls to gravitate outwardly therefrom' to its'operative stop engaging position.V Because of this, it has been the object ofmy present invention to providea simple and eflicient means whereby the bolt, following its release from engagement with the stop device, will be positively returned to its project-ing stop engaging position. Such meansfconstituting' my present inventionfis illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which onryoonnne'fii'onr, A eonPoRATIoN or Fig. l is an end elevation of a cabinet equi'ppedwith the invention, with the outer casing in section and with the parts in roller stopping position. Fig. 2 is a frontjview of that'part of the cabinet containing the roller stopping and releasingmechanis1n,with the front wall of the; casing partly broken away. Fig., 3' is` an enlarged sectional detailof the roller stoppingand releasing mechanism with the parts in roller stopping position asin Figi.

F ig. 4 is asimilar view but with the bolt in'jits released or inoperative position' as effected by the stop device, whichl'atterin effecting such operation serves also as astop releasing device. f Fig. 5 is a similar View but with theI roller further rotated and' showing the bolt` partially projected at its stopping end by the engagement of an inclined or cam surface on its oppositeendwith 'thestop device..` Eig.` 6 isl another similar view withthe roller further rotated andshowing the bolt initsfully projected position.

` Fig. 7 is a central vertical section through 2, as at 4, whereby the easing may be opened :j

to permit ofk ready access to the interior Located withinv the casing? adj acentits'flopi p'osite ends are afp'air of frame or bracket plates for the support offcertain-partsof the towell controlling mechanism to be presently described.- Onlyone of these bracket plates, indicated at 5, is`h`ere shown, the samebeing secured in position byV suitable fastening means, such as the bolts 6l The opposite bracket plate (not shown) is of lilieconstr'u'ction and' similarlyA fastened' in position.

Carried by these bracket platesisa shelf 7 Aupon which' issupportedthe roll of clean towelling,.indic`ated att'. VVhe'nso suppr'ted, the leading end of the towel is led from the front side of the roller up and over a guide 8, from thence downwardly and partially around a feed roller 9, suitably journalled in the end brackets, and from thence forwardly through an opening 10 in the front wall of the casing to and over a guide roller 11, which latter is journalled in extensions of the bracket plates projected through the opening in the casing to support the roller 11 at the front side thereof as sho-wn. From this guide roller the towel depends in loop form, as at Z, in convenient position for use; the towel at the rear side of the loop passing backwardly through the opening in the casingto a usual form of take-up or rewinding device comprising a pair of rollers 12 and 13, between which the towel is passed, the roller 12 being operative to pull the -engaged towel into the cabinet and rewind it upon the roller 13. rlhe roller 12 is operated in this way from the feed roller 9 when the latter is rotated by the frictional engagement therewith of the towel upon the withdrawal of the latter from the cabinet, the connectionbetween the rollers being the usual chain and sprocket connection employed in these cabinets, such as the sprockets 15 and 16 rigidly attached to therespective rollers and engaged by the connecting chain 17;

As'hereinbefore referred to, the means com# prising my present invention is adapted for controlling the feed or delivery of the clean towel whereby its withdrawal from the cabinet will be in predetermined lengths. This is accomplished by the provision of means for automatically stopping the roller 9 once upon each rotation thereof and thereby stopping the outward feeding or withdrawal of the towel; it being understood that the friction between the towel and the roller is such as to prevent movement of the towal independently of the roller under ordinarypulling strains such as exerted inthenormal use of the cabinet.

The means for stopping rotation of the roller 9 as referred to, comprises, in the form of the invention here shown, a bolt 20 slidably mounted in a transverse bore 21 formed in a housing block or disk 22 lixedly mounted j on the squared end 23 of the spindle 24 which carries the roller 9; this bolt 20 being freely slidable in the bore 21 for movement trans '22 containing the bore is provided with an Yend cap 26 at one side of said bore which is removably held in position by suitable fastening means, such as screws 27.

Vhen a length of towel is drawn outwardly from the cabinet, thereby causing rotation of the engaged roller 9, the bolt 2O will be moved in its bore 21 in the disk 22, by means to be hereinafter described, so as to project one end thereof, indicated at a, beyond the disk, as shown in Fig. 6. During continued rotation of the roller, the said projecting end of the bolt is brought into contact with the under face of a stop device 30, as shown in Figs. l and 3, and so stops rotation of the roller and thereby further withdrawal of-the engaged towel. Subsequently, to obtain'another length of towel, the bolt is released by the stop to permit another rotation of the roller. For effecting such release of the bolt, the stop device 30, as hereshown, is in the forinof a push-button slidably mounted for horizontal movement in a housing block 31 on the inner wall of the casing, with its head 32 at the outer side of the casing for convenient engagement by the user, and with its inner or end face adapted for pressing engagement against an end face 33 of the bolt 20, which end face 33 is brought to a position opposite the end of the stop device upon the engagement with the latter of the projecting end ofthe bolt as shown in Figs. 1 and 3. By pressing inwardly upon. the stop device at this time, it acts to move the bolt 2O backward into its bore in the disk 22, as shown in Fig. 11, following which the stop device, upon beingreleasedby the user, will be automatically returned by a spring 35 to its normal position, as shown in Figs. 1, 3, 5 and 6, and thereby released from stopping engagement with the roller and its bolt 20. Y'lhereafte'r the roller is free to make anotherirotation.

The cooperation of the bolt 2O and stop device 30 as thus far described is the same as that of my aforesaid application. ln the vention, the bolt is made of such length that when itis moved to stop releasing position by the inward pressure of the push-button 30, as shown in Fig. 1l, its rear end 7) is thereby caused Yto' project-slightly beyond the adjacent side of the block 22 and in position for subsequent engagement with the stop device. This rear end of the bolt is provided with an inclined or cam surface 40 which, when brought into wiping engagement with the stop device during rotation of the roller, as shown in Fig. 5, serves to positively move the bolt in an endwise direction in its bore 21 to project its opposite end a into position,

as shown in F ig. 6, for subsequent engagello' beyond the periphery of the disk 22 as shown in Fig. 4 being a positive one, the movement of the bolt in the opposite direction under the wiping engagement of its cam end with the stop to project its estopping end into operative position beyond the periphery of the disk 22 as shown in Fig. 6, also being a positive one.

That I claim is: 1. In a towel cabinet, the combination of a towel feed-controlling roller, a stop member, and a slidably mounted bolt carried by the roller movable in its support to alternately project its opposite ends into position for engagement with the stop member, one end of the bolt when in engagement with the stop member being effective to stop rotation of the roller and the other end having a cam surface for wiping engagement with the stop member during rotation of the roller to effect a positive endwise movement of the bolt to project its opposite end into stop engaging position.

2. In a towel cabinet, the combination of ay towel feed-controllingroller, a stop member,

a slidably mounted bolt carried by the roller movable in its support to alternately project its opposite ends into position for engagement with the stop member, one end of the bolt when in engagement with the stop member being edective to stop rotation of the roller and the other end having a cam surface for wiping engagement with the stop member during rotation of the roller to effect a positive endwise movement of the bolt to project its opposite end into stop engaging position, and means for moving the bolt to stop releasing position.

surface for wiping engagement with the stop member during rotation of the roller to effect a positive endwise movement of the bolt to project its opposite end into stop engaging'position.

5. In a towel cabinet', the combiantion of a towel feed-controlling roller having a part thereof provided with a transversely arranged opening, a stop member, a bolt slid- SOk the roller to release its stopping end from thestop member yand at the same time project its opposite end into position for subsequent engagement with said stop member. n In testimony whereof I afiiX my signature.'

c. JOSEPH H. ADDLER.

3.. In a towel cabinet, the combination of Y a towel feed-controlling roller, a stop member, and a slidably mounted bolt carried by the roller movable in its support to alternately project its opposite ends into position for engagement with' the stop member, one end of the bolt when in engagement with the stop member being effective to stop rotation of the roller and the other end having a cam surface for wiping engagement with the stop member during rotation of the roller to effect a positive endwise movement of the bolt to project its opposite end into stop engaging position, said stop member being operative to effect release of the bolt therefrom.

4. In a towel cabinet, the combination of a towel feed-controlling roller having a part thereof provided with a transversely arranged opening, a stop member, and a bolt slidably mounted in said openingl of the roller for movement therein to alternately project its opposite endsinto position for engagement with the stop member, one end of the bolt when in engagement with the stop member being effective to stop rotation of the roller and the other end having a cam 

